Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us in thailand the government has convened a special session of parliament to deal with ongoing prodemocracy rallies Prime Minister has labeled the protests illegal members of the opposition say he should step down echoing one of the main demands of the people on the streets. Amounts of protests to carry her off for a 550 just that 31 of bangkoks busiest streets with a clear message these protesters have 3 key to months the p. M. s resignation a more democratic constitution and reforms to the monarchy. Even a group of drag queens got in on the act we are just the wind of freedom to talk about you to talk to talk about anything yeah just more nike and you know how to share thailand how to develop thailand to live up to help decide the. Basis is the man they want to get rid of prior to. Lead a military coup in 2014 parliament held a special session to address the concerns. We dont want to see clashes or riots in the country the government has a duty to protect the rights of every chinese citizen 70000000 people. Believe protesters and the opposition say last years election was engineers to return private to power. Up the Prime Minister you are the major obstacle in burton to the country. Please resign and everything will end. Up with that. But with parliament filled with military support his critics say reform is unlikely. Joining us is patrick jory of the university of queensland in australia patrick weve seen activists out there but do they represent the majority of thai people or is there a silent majority supporting the royalists. Look i think the protesters have had 2 goals past the current military backed government led by general here john chart says karen she could win 2000. And 16 goal is to reform the time want to keep now if you go back to the elections last year the pro democratic partys richly almost and. Even after. Heavy military to verify the forward after elections so i think your typical partisan would be if they represent the people that are in suggest quite considerable support of the protesters even conservative people are pretty disappointed with the current Leadership Back on is not a popular government you cannot situation is very difficult indeed even the fully private knocking and any and i think that most people who dont feel that is a is a is a is a very effective concept so i think the majority of time to be happy to see him gone and did him were fake gun but the issue of reform in the demonic he is much bigger and this issue i think is a run out he is extremely sensitive in toss aside so i think they will receive infinitely less support for the the 2nd the mantle of the reform of the monarchy yeah im not getting the sense that the middle class are antimarket even if theyre not as enthusiastic about this kid so why does that put the protesters. Look i think youre right at least at least you know its well known inside and is a very straight ahead list next you know who will have to be its the criticism of the tanana he said its always difficult to measure exactly how much support that the marquis has. It is the 1st time that this issue has been talked to back to ritually in public as part of a protest movement you know its really unprecedented i cant emphasize that enough now as hes saying you know middle class and upper class guys came to be more of us even though many of them are happy with the character and behavior of the of the cherokee miter long but nevertheless you know a growing number of ties particularly Younger Generation the but not exclusively Younger Generation are really sick and tired of the constant interference the monarchy in thai politics and now i think theyre really willing to text then certainly starting to see not only that these moves supported by University Students that School Students throughout the country from the top you know some of the top schools in the country dream dont take Syrian School so i think in the future this is going here really for the monarchy as these students become. Much and so there is a generational shift going on and again you think that the monarchy can or needs to evolve. I dont think yet you write a rational hes going to articulate poses a real challenge to the future of the other one he of course not he is the only thing must him can say that but this is not a way that you care he muttered along on well agree to in europe all hes deeply is a liberal. In his stance his life and military unlike his father whos experienced this run he was actually quite in the not always and not giftes too much alone came to an age when a man he was already very powerful is used to getting what he wants his reputation business sees a king hes trying to expand the law he so at the very moment molecule is the reform along the lines hes moved to restore almost you know the perils of the monarchy. Thank you. In pakistan Prime Minister imran khan is facing a challenge from a new protest movement thousands of people took to the streets in quite a to demonstrate against his military backed government thats just the latest rally of many across the country over the past few weeks the protests have brought together strange bedfellows the party of former Prime Minister nawaz sharif the Muslim League and the party of former Prime MinisterBenazir Bhutto who was assassinated the Pakistan Peoples Party has come together as an opposition force. Joining us in shouts of jilani who is in karachi shots of protests in pakistan happen is what were seeing any different from those in the past. The cynical view is that bog standard is witnessing the round of antigovernment protests many of the politicians who are leading these mass rallies across the country are politicians with very different ideologies and backgrounds hardly have anything in common but the. Bodies which are hard core dishonest parties liberal leftist parties and right of center bodies in the past many of them. Have very closely with the army they have got deals to come in the government to win elections but now theyre saying weve learned a lesson of targeting obviously the Prime Minister for his alleged ineptitude incompetence in dealing with the economy more than policy but the real dog is the countrys Army Leadership in particular the army chief and the head of intelligence in pakistan these parties are accusing of rigging the election in pretty big behaving before and run on to become Prime Minister and they are saying enough is enough. And former Prime Minister now was sharif was actually in london these days spoke to a crowd of protesters remotely via video link and directly criticize to the military lets listen to a bit of what he had to say good bye address. General you have to answer for the biggest electoral fraud in the history of pakistan and for the violation of the publics mandate in the general elections of 2018. General batchelor you have to give an account for the horse trading of members of parliament and for the violation of constitution and law. They will. Schatz said criticizing the military is quite a taboo in pakistan what do you make of it but a study politicians in the past have been very careful not to win. By naming them. Because they dont want to burn bridges i do want the people possibility of a back door deal with these people that doesnt seem to be the case this time and many of the politicians were hearing from experienced senior politicians. Are going out on the limb do you really name and shame the people did believe are responsible for the state of affairs. What options does a man can have to deal with the situation. The prime stream runs 100 he has 2 options i mean one would be to engage the opposition to reach out across to sit down with them to talk through things to find a solution collectively given the. Pieces but thats not really been the leadership scott style getting last 2 years as Prime Minister or even before that hes always believed in being better than everybody else he doesnt need to engage with anyone and he deeply and fully believe that everybody else except him is deeply corrupt in pakistan and he is really the only honest and valid politician in the country so it looks like we are heading for a bigger confrontation because you the fuses the birds to reach all the top of them. To what extent is the economic crisis contributing to the protests and for those who dont know too much about pakistan and what makes this economic misery worse than others the country has faced in the past. But its about a stance the real problem is is economic the last few days that ive been in the people ive talked to everybody is feeling from high inflation. Prices of vegetable and fruit and meat its becoming unaffordable there been a lot of job losses. In the last 2 years that the Prime Minister of montana has been in the government. He obviously blames Barbara Starr economic problems on the previous governments of former Prime Minister nawaz sharif and before him president zardari and according to the government this is all because of corruption the government also says that the grown i put them in. All its efforts to put the country back on track canonically. The opposition is also quite a bit off for the misery of ordinary pakistanis and it is trying to capitalize on that sentiment by holding these mass relieved a lot of people who supported him run far. More for disillusion and opposition who think them. The messiah was going to kill all the pakistans ills has brought nothing to the country in fact he has made it worse and just by we need to. Get rid of this government as soon as possible. Thats it for today theres always more on d. W. Dot com for asia and be sure to check us out on facebook and twitter well leave you with more pictures from the thai prodemocracy movement where protesters have broken longstanding taboos in calling for reform of the marquis thanks for watching and well see you tomorrow. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and. Our corona update. With 19 special next on d w. 20. 00 or not too well. What about assuring a cut instead. Of. A change in thinking is changing the economy to create something new. Economics magazine in germany. On d w. Image is to show. No one is safe from carpet 19 no one is safe until were all safe from it even those who conquer the virus within their own borders prisoners within those borders until its conquered everywhere so long as. This germanys president franklin to shine my at the opening of the annual World Health Summit where because of the pandemic this year World Leaders from science politics and business im eating her chili the coronavirus is straining the response to the many Health Crises which already exist. Is still the leading Infectious Disease it infects around 10000000. 00 a year and kills about one and a half 1000000. African countries like robbie haim the world in the fight against tb and malaria 2 which kills half a 1000000 people annually more than 90 percent of them in africa. And hiv aids still hasnt been conquered. The pressure is on to fight these global Health Crises even as we navigate our way through the current pandemic. Welcome to you covered 900. 00 special here on the news i want to get jones to to have you with us rapidly rising case number daily talk about stricter measures including locked down our lives and sorts revolve around the pandemic while the fight against other potential deadly diseases is taking a backseat. Looking for the Silver Lining the 47 year old is hiv positive and lost her job during the lock down in south africa. She can no longer afford her own medication luckily a Charity Organization has stepped in almost 8000000 people in south africa live with the hiv virus. Many are now struggling to get any medicine at all. Because of the covert 1900 pandemic Global Supply chains have collapsed and are only getting back on track very slowly. Issues of. People not being able to get air. We are anticipating and were very concerned that. Being sick with mystic infections in south africa we worry particularly around me as you have. 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To provide all the necessary not only Technical Support but procurement of essential medicines for all high to be burdened countries back in south africa hiv infected patients who are afraid of going to hospital because they believe they might become infected with corona virus come to this outpatient mini clinic in a guarded one or. This hiv patients immune system must be kept as stable as possible this also helps protect her against tuberculosis and of course covert 19. And for more im joined now by the founding president of the wealth wealth Health Summit professor ganton good to have you with us so i believe koby to 19 this also impacting the World Health Summit this year its fully digital as weve heard how much room is there actually to discuss Health Issues other than 19. Well we have 2 and a half days and we have more than 50 sessions and there was a speaker so not everybody would be talking about code 19 but of course its an important topic but just related to call it 19 it is the fact that or the other diseases. Which are still there kind of wrestler disease is muscle bone mentor out of its there it is and they keep the hospitals and the doctor busy and what i talked about is to combine you know the work you need to do folk over 19 and in the same time dont need it the patients who are looking for hair in other circumstances well provided to that to those patients actually dare to go to a hospital right now weve seen that certainly in spring that people avoided go into it to see a doctor or go into a hospital which of course is very dangerous but of course covert 9000 is on everyones mind so how big is the risk youd say that we will lose ground in the battle against other Infectious Diseases that just such a colossus hiv you name it because so many resources are currently going into fighting the pandemic. Theres a school that is a danger and. We are aware of this fact and at the opening we have head doctor to dress under british or we have president s dan meridor the 100 and others who really have a overview of whats going on and get all the information and we of course we do whatever we can its different in different countries. I think in germany if thats a question were still coping in other questions becomes in other countries becomes much more difficult. And certainly here in europe left right and center we do see neighboring countries of germany already implementing lockdowns again here in germany as you mentioned politicians they have very very cautious there what do you tell them what are stay cautious and commonsense is always very good advice but of course we do need to do everything we can for a covert 19 but. We have to keep the society running we have to keep the hospitals running and addition to what you know and the special situation the private doctors period an enormously Important Role its youre actually neglected i mean theyre not the ones who are preoccupied with coby and so they have you know all the other diseases. You know and you and they they work and. Yes its difficult but. I dont think that Everything Else has been neglected because of that right so i mean its quite a balancing act there that you know to to provide for other diseases while fighting the pandemic now we have the 1st coronavirus that scenes could soon be approved do you think that this is going to solve the problem were facing right now. No its not going to solve the problem it will be aired a very important step but not everybody worth getting tricks in asia and you know when theyre when the big scene is available actually dr tiller said and president stand by repeated and this is needed i already mentioned on advice of fair honest. Dont. Vaccinate everybody in every kind and one time tree but if its an aid to many people in many countries so try to interrupt the chain of infection try to protect the Vulnerable People who are young and old and with additional diseases but the cone of ours will be there and it will take time. To really come for it that we also need traps its the vaccine is important but we need to we need to have peace too or treat people who are sick and who dont get the big c. You know where its not yet available. Right away we dont know but its when it would be available we are working hard at it and you through wonderful concerted effort what is right but. This is not the solution as is it might have gotten there founding president of the World Health Summit thank you so much for your time lots of success for this us summit thank you very much. Now the question of vaccination is also on your mind time for your question and over to a scientific correspondent williams. How do you decide which parts of the population get vacci